Deja vu? Lambert reportedly quits at Norwich
It seems following and writing about the Villa is becoming even more of a full time job, as it has broken in the last hour or so that Paul Lambert has reportedly quit his role at Norwich, clearing the way for him to take charge at Villa Park.
If this all seems familiar then cast your mind back to last summer, where a certain Mr McLeish walked out on the Blues, before winding up at Villa a short while later. It appears that Norwich wouldn’t let Lambert speak to us, and the story first broke by the Sun, has now been picked up by a number of outlets and journalists on Twitter and the like. Here are a few quotes from the article in the Sun, and you have to imagine there is some truth in this, regardless of what you may think about the quality of that particular news outlet. Either way I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
‘The raging boss wanted out once it became clear the Canaries were digging their heels in, adamant they would not even let him hear what Villa had to offer.
SunSport can reveal Villa identified the former Borussia Dortmund midfielder as the steely character required to shake up the Midlanders before Roberto Martinez declared he was staying at Wigan.
Lerner feels Lambert is the young, aggressive and ambitious boss Villa need after two miserable years.’
Lambert has been a favourite from early on, and despite all the Solksjaer madness and the Martinez links, it seems the club were set on Lambert for a while. There is talk that his rolling contract comes to an end today, but I’m guessing that would be renewed and it appears that we’d have to pay some kind of compensation. At least this time it’s going to go towards a manager that the majority are happy with, or at least happier with.
I think this has the potential to be a really good appointment and hopefully it all runs smoothly now. I saw a tweet from a journalist who says he is a really good mix of styles, he can have a laugh and be friendly, and he also won’t take any messing around….exactly what we need. He’s a strong man with a fantastic pedigree as a player, and is one of the more promising managers in British football.
Hopefully he’ll be finding his way to B6 soon enough.
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Norwich fan here. No hard feelings, Paul has done a great job for us, can’t complain. Surprised he’s going to Villa, bigger clubs would have come along if he’d stayed. Don’t be surprised when he walks out on you 2 or 3 years down the line, that’s just what he does. Gutted to lose him, rdprcially on such a sour note.
FYI A rolling contract never ends, that’s why it’s rolling. Basically it means every day his contract is renewed for a year so u will owe us 1 years wages, roughly 1 mill in compo.
Cheers for the input Tom, and the info on the rolling contract. Thought there was compensation involved but was just wondering the ins and outs of it.
**especially on such a sour note
too many adverts plastered over this website, can you not tone it down a bit???? Im pissed off with seeing warren buffets ugly mug!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry mate, they just help to cover the costs of running the site!
bigger club tom? let me guess your presuming the likes of chelsea? man city? arsenal? errm we are a much bigger club than them three, who started the football league? wat was his name agen? oh william mcgregor oh wat was tht he was the villa chairman at the time as well? aston villa are one of the most successful clubs in english football! we have one of the best academys, one of the best training facilitys, a big stadium which will now be filled again! a club is not a massive club by state its in now 2 bad seasons and everyone presumes there bigger than us? please get a grip mate were one of 6 premier league clubs to have never been relegated Paul Lambert is coming the one of the finest clubs in english football!!
Villa fan here. The reason he’s making the move is because of FIFA fair play rules. AVFC are a bigger draw than NCFC – even though at the moment they are the inferior team. In the long run Lambert will be capable of signing players on bigger wages at AVFC than at NCFC.
However I can’t get excited about this move. If Lambert is a success he’ll quit for a bigger club without any compunction about the fans, the club’s future or how it’ll affect his legacy. If he’s a failure then Villa also lose out. Don’t get me wrong, he’s probably a wonderful chap but I’m not punching the air about this.
The one that puzzles me is Martinez. Last season, Whelan won by offering him a great future at Wigan, but then reneged by not providing any great transfer fees and appointing his son as Chairman. This year Martinez has received the same promises. What makes him believe they will be kept, and of they’re not then would you hand him your club’s chequebook?
You’d hope that even the most staunch of Norwich fans can see we’re the bigger club, and with the wages brought down hopefully there is more money to spend.
It’s always a worry to think about managers just moving on, and as you suggest if he does well here, then bigger clubs than us may well come in. It will be interesting to see if he signs another rolling contract, or whether Randy will want something more solid after the MON saga.
At the moment though I’m happy if it is indeed Lambert, and the majority of fans seem behind it which is good. Martinez is a curious one, he was my personal favourite and like I wrote yesterday surely he can’t take Wigan much further. He’s either super loyal, or something else is going on. Guess we’ll find out in due course.